IMPORTANT: TUMBLR & FANFICTION

Alright kids, listen up because @staff have pulled off a corker of a hot mess and have decided to add "Community Labels". I guess they've decided we can't be trusted to add our own warnings and people can't make sensible choices with what they engage with.

But why does it matter to me?

Tumblr have made labels AN OPT IN SITUATION which means every single blog here is automatically set to hide any triggering content

If you want to continue to be able to access and read fanfiction PLEASE go into your settings and click "show" on at least the "Mature" and "Sexual Themes" labels!!

ALSO IOS USERS: there's an extra fun "Hide additional content" bit just to really try and block us from any hopes of success. Make sure you opt out of that too otherwise I think content will be blocked on the mobile app!

Attached to this post are screenshots from my settings so you guys know what to look for. I could only find it on my desktop settings and not on the mobile app (for now at least)qq

I'll add a note here that it seems like on desktop there's also the ability to tag posts as a certain label. Interesting.

ok hold on. i'm going to add more context here because i saw this and was super confused.

to start with, here's the link to the help page on community labels.

what is a community label?

it is a label that you can add to any post you've created or reblogged. it is also a label that anyone who sees your post can SUGGEST to add, at which point the tumblr moderators are summoned to see whether the label does in fact apply to your post.

what kind of labels can you add?

mature (which is a catch-all), violence, drug/addiction, and sexual themes. so basically, mature content that iOS hates

what's the point of adding labels?

as OP said, people viewing your posts can filter based on labels. so they can choose to:

so what's the problem? this doesn't sound so bad

the problem is that tumblr made the hide option the default option for every community label for everyone.

if you want to be in compliance with labeling laws (aka, you don't want the tumblr moderators to come for you), you should label your posts. but if you start labeling them, your posts are IMMEDIATELY going to be hidden from EVERYONE.

uhhhh ok so what do i do?

me? letting an entire fic play out in my head from beginning to end and not writing a single thing down, thus forever sealing it in my brain as a self-indulgent relic that will never see the light of day?? 

it’s exactly as likely as you think

broke: eddie munson has handcuffs in his room cause he likes kinky sex 

woke: eddie munson has handcuffs in his room because he was once arrested by officer Callahan for possession of marijuana at a halloween party they busted his junior year, but as soon as Callahan sat him on the pavement and turned around, Eddie jumped up and hauled ass into the forest until he reached the trailer park. His uncle had to pick the lock to get them off his dumbass nephew (making eddie swear to 1. never ask how his uncle knew how to pick locks and 2. never get fucking arrested again) Eddie kept the handcuff’s as a memoir of the night he outran the Hawkins Police Department. 

#he came full circle

I’m going to fucking cry, I am working that weekend Joseph 😭

CHANGED MY SHIFT AND BOOKED MY TICKETS. THIS BITCH IS MEETING JOSEPH QUINN.

Study Session #2 (Eddie Munson X Reader)

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Summary: You begin to realise you're developing feelings for a certain metalhead.

Word Count: 2.5k

Warnings: Mature readers only (18+). More smoking. Bullying & high school nastiness. Future chapters will have smut. No use of y/n.

A/N: This series is set in January 1985, just over a year before we meet him in Stranger Things. I guess that could be classed as a spoiler, but I didn't want people getting confused by the timeline as this goes on! I'm having such a blast writing this so far and I really hope I don't lose motivation for this. Pls pls pls leave comments and/or reblogs. It does help keep us writers motivated :)

“Are you sure you didn’t do anything to piss off Ms O’Donnell?” Stacey asks behind you from her desk. She has her compact mirror in her hand, checking her makeup for the third time since entering the classroom. 

“Yeah.” Amanda adds, her curly hair bouncing on her shoulders as she turns in her seat to face you. “And I don’t see why you had to give him your notes either.”

“It’s not a big deal.” You argue weakly. “He just needed to borrow them over the weekend. You can have them after.”

Amanda pulls a face. “Who knows what that freak did with them.” She pauses for a moment, looking around at the other students before leaning in closer and whispering. “You know, I heard a rumour he had something to do with that kid going missing a couple years ago.”

You can’t help but scoff. “What, the Byers kid?”

She shrugs, looking to Stacey for support. “I heard it was a cult thing.”

“Look,” Stacey sighs. “I think what Amanda is trying to say is that he seems… Dangerous.”

You snort, shaking your head. “I’m sure I can handle Eddie Munson. Oh, and I promise I won’t join his satanic cult.”

Amanda gives you the middle finger as the bell rings. “Whatever, don’t come crying to me when he lays you on a sacrificial table.”

I absolutely love the dynamic these two have :D I want to see him teaching her D&D and making her all flustered. But also him getting hot and bothered because she’s so fucking smart 😌

Oh there’s definitely going to be tension between the two! Thank you so much for reading ❤️

JOSEPH QUINN as EDDIE MUNSON in STRANGER THINGS 4: VOL. 1 (2022)